( JackyC )

Comments made by JackyC

The original Panama-California Exposition ran from March 1915 to January 1917. How about starting next year's celebration in March 2015 (to buy some time to prepare) & let it run until March 2016? It sounds like people had lots of great ideas & projects were already in the works, such as the electriquettes & getting famous artists involved. Forget about BPCI and go forward. Worry about getting money back from the BPCI fiasco separate from making what can be a great event happen.

Regarding people addicted to alcohol & other drugs, how is housing-first supposed to work? Give a person keys to an apartment and let them stay indefinitely, regardless of whether they ever stop abusing drugs, or not?

My search for the best ramen in San Diego has begun, since I probably will not be getting back to Tokyo for awhile. I would love to get my hands on the ramen broth recipe from that old chef in Tokyo. David Chang showing how to use ramen noodles to make gnocchi was interesting and I might try that at home. Great show, and I thought I recognized the narrator's voice. Anthony Bourdain is narrator and executive producer of this new PBS show.

The speakers were correct about San Diego needing reliable power. Questions were raised about how an incident so far away from San Diego could cause the SDG&E service area to fail.What was not mentioned is that environmental regulations have forced power plants to be built far away from San Diego...out of sight, out of mind. We don't want coal or gas powered electricity plants by the coast, so they have to be built in the middle of the desert in Arizona. We keep hearing that fossil fuel is out; we are supposed to be going solar. Solar is great during the day, but does not help after sundown. Battery technology isn't advanced enough to save up solar power to run air conditioners all night. That old power plant in Chula Vista would have come in handy during the blackout.

I don't know what young person, in their right mind, would want to become a teacher. There is no job security for the new teachers with no seniority. How can somebody start a family & live life when going through a constant cycle of getting laid off, getting re-hired...I suppose a teaching career is great for those diehard idealists who don't care about stability or security, and don't have any bills to pay.

I like "To The Point." I do not care for "World Have Your Say." I have tried giving this show a chance, but I lose interest after a few minutes of listening to people argue about issues far removed from my life. I like "The Roundtable," so keep up the arguing about local issues.I do love "The World," "Fresh Air," "Talk of the Nation," "Marketplace," and "Morning Edition." Thank God those shows did not get dropped.I miss "Science Friday," and "Radiolab." Radiolab is the one thing that I make an effort to download & listen to the podcasts. Those Radiolab guys are brilliant.I miss the San Diego news show. "Midday Edition" at noon does not work for me because I have no access to a radio at that time in the lunchroom, and I get super hungry and need to eat. Maybe I can start eating a "brunch" at 10 AM and skip the British guy.I don't miss the classical; it used to put me to sleep during late-night drives.